The Texas Army National Guard’s oldest unit, dating back to 1823, the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducted a deployment ceremony May 16, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston. The battalion is preparing to deploy to the Horn of Africa, partnering with more than ten nations to promote regional stability and prosperity....
Hometown: San Antonio, TX

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Raul Quinones discusses an agility drill with members of the All-Army Soccer team during a May 21, 2018 practice at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Quinones, a Motor Transport Operator with the 217th Transportation Company, 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) based in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has been a member of the All-Army Soccer team since 2012. (U.S. Army Reserve......
Hometown: Fort Sam Houston, TX

“I chose to be on submarines because they are a tight knit community. We are also some of the best Sailors in the fleet. We are an elite force. We take on the role of everyone’s job. We not only perform our regular jobs, but we also stand watch, we clean, we fight casualties, so we are all a jack of all trades. Getting my dolphins was an arduous process. It was very humbling. You get to......
Hometown: Woodland, TX

The 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard held a deployment ceremony on April 16, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Task Force Alamo is set to deploy to the Horn of Africa to take over duties from their Texas sister, the 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment of the 56th IBCT. ......
Hometown: San Antonio, TX

1st Sgt. Francisco Rodriguez, member of the Puerto Rico National Guard and the camp mayor at Forward Operating Base Miraflores, in La Paz, El Salvador, leads a walkthrough of his FOB explaining recent improvements to US Army South's Command Sgt. Maj. William Rinehart during Beyond the Horizon 2018 on May 10. BTH 2018 is a humanitarian training mission sponsored by the US Army Southern Command......
Hometown: Fort Sam Houston, TX

Veterans from the USS Allen M. Sumner Association honored their fallen with a memorial ceremony at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, at the Hunter Army Airfield Chapel May 8, 2018 as part of their annual reunion. The Veterans honored their fallen with a wreath, riffle salute, and port call.
The Sumner Association is unique within its own right, in order to be a member of the association the......
Hometown: San Antonio, TX

3rd Infantry Division riffle team honored the fallen from the USS Allen M. Sumner, May 8, at the Hunter Army Airfield Chapel as part of the USS Sumner Association reunion/memorial ceremony....
Hometown: San Antonio, TX

1st Lt. Apphia Kim (left), of 720th Military Police Battalion, Fort Hood, speaks to a group attending a May 1 promotion ceremony for Sgt. 1st Class Shaun Phillips (right), of San Antonio Medical Recruiting Station, 5th Medical Recruiting Battalion, here. The ceremony was held 750 feet above the city in the Towers of the Americas here....
Hometown: San Antonio, TX